MY OTHER LIFE

Published
12:01 am EDT, Sunday, September 18, 2011

Robin Lozman

Title: Orthodontist and partner in Lozman Orthodontics in Latham

Age: 43

Passion outside of work: Riding horses.

Dr. Robin Lozman has a family and also runs a Latham orthodontics practice with her father, Dr. Michael Lozman. But she also finds time in her busy life for hunter/jumper competitions with her horse Casino, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood.

Lozman started riding horses when she was eight. Her mom owned horses when she was growing up in Kingston, and her parents got her started with horseback riding through weekly lessons.

"I spent all of my free time at the stables growing up," said the Menands resident.

Even though she is a busy mother, wife and business owner, Lozman still finds time to be around the horses. She stables Casino at Dutch Manor Stables in Guilderland, where owner/trainer Peter VanGuysling and trainer Nora Hanlon help keep her on her busy schedule.

Lozman rides early in the morning two to three times a week before work and early in the morning on weekends so she can spend the rest of the day with her family.

"They (VanGuysling and Hanlon) know how important riding is to me and my commitment to the sport," Lozman said. "They make every accommodation possible for my busy schedule My success in riding and competing is due to them. They are great trainers and wonderful people."

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Lozman, who has had frequent success in competition, says her favorite part of riding is spending one-on-one time with her horse.

"When my horse and I are training and competing together, we are a team working together and trusting each other," Lozman said. "We communicate with each other subtly, always knowing what we need to do together to be successful."

If Lozman were not an orthodontist, she says she would spend every day at the stables. Her dream is to live on a small farm with a few horses on her property, where she could wake up every day seeing the horses in their paddocks enjoying their morning.

But Lozman says she couldn't enjoy any of this without the support she receives from her parents or her husband and two children, who often accompany her to competitions. In fact, the family goes with her every summer to the Vermont Summer Festival horse shows in Manchester, Vt.

"It has become one of our favorite places. We make this our summer vacation," Lozman said. "My children will come to the barn with me. They love spending time with horses."